Laser photolysis of nitritomanganese(III)
tetraphenylporphyrin, MnIIITPP(ONO)
(1), in degassed toluene gives
manganese(II) tetraphenylporphyrin, MnIITPP
(2), plus NO2. The quantum yield, Φ, for
the formation of MnIITPP is dependent on the excitation wavelength: Φ = 0.045 at 355 nm
and Φ = 0.0064 at 532 nm. Continuous
photolysis studies reveal that the quantum yield for the net
photodecomposition of 1 is much smaller
(10-4).
Thus, MnIITPP produced by laser photolysis of
MnIIITPP(ONO) mostly returns to 1 by
recombination with NO2
according to second-order kinetics with a rate constant 2.2 ×
109 M-1
s-1. The kinetics for the reactions
of
MnIITPP with O2, NO, and pyridine were
investigated in detail. In aerated toluene,
MnIITPP reversibly reacts
with oxygen to yield the dioxygen adduct, MnTPP(O2)
(3). The rate constants,
k
f(O2) and
k
b(O2), for the
formation
and dissociation of 3 at 300 K were determined to be 1.93
× 107 M-1
s-1 and 9.0 × 104
s-1, respectively, and
the equilibrium constant,
k
f(O2)/k
b(O2),
is therefore 2.1 × 102 M-1.
MnIITPP reacts with pyridine to give
MnIITPP(Py) with a rate constant of 9.5 × 108
M-1 s-1.
MnIITPP reacts with NO to yield nitrosylmanganese
porphyrin,
MnIITPP(NO), with the rate constant 5.3 ×
108 M-1
s-1. The association reactions of
MnIITPP with NO, pyridine,
O2, and NO2 are discussed in comparison with
those of other metalloporphyrins.